Community price on backpack.tf: 19.0–20.0 keys, last changed 2024-04-15 (2.4y ago). The live quote above, 15.0 keys, is 21% lower and last moved 2h ago. They are different measures: the quote is what traders and bots are asking and bidding on the classifieds right now, and it moves for thousands of items every day; the community price is a suggestion accepted by vote, which changes only when someone argues it should. A quote well away from the vote is usually a price that is about to be re-argued. Community prices from backpack.tf, read under an hour ago.
Steam Market asking price: $44.00 — the lowest of 2 listings for the Orbiting Fire effect when we looked on 2026-09-03 01:26 UTC (3d ago). This is what a seller is asking, not what anything sold for. Steam pays out in Steam wallet funds, not cash, and Valve takes roughly 15% at the till — so asking prices there run well above the 15 keys, 0.44 ref shown above, which comes from the keys-and-metal market on backpack.tf. The two are different markets and are never blended. Steam lists the item as “Unusual Deep Cover Operator”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
65 observations
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The key axis converts at today's rate. Prices are recorded in metal, so a line that is flat in keys followed the key rate rather than standing still.
Orbiting Fire Deep Cover Operator sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-05: 65 observations, from 20.3 keys to 15.0 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
20.3 keys
16.6 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 08:51 UTC
19.4 keys
17.4 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 20:38 UTC
18.4 keys
16.6 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 01:01 UTC
18.6 keys
16.7 keys
5 DEC 2025 · 02:52 UTC
30.1 keys
18.5 keys
8 DEC 2025 · 00:50 UTC
23.4 keys
19.5 keys
1 FEB 2026 · 09:43 UTC
21.0 keys
13.5 keys
9 FEB 2026 · 00:42 UTC
20.6 keys
9.43 keys
22 FEB 2026 · 20:41 UTC
20.8 keys
11.0 keys
8 MAR 2026 · 02:42 UTC
20.4 keys
9.71 keys
15 MAR 2026 · 22:07 UTC
20.1 keys
9.27 keys
31 MAR 2026 · 00:30 UTC
21.7 keys
10.3 keys
12 APR 2026 · 10:30 UTC
20.8 keys
11.5 keys
19 APR 2026 · 22:30 UTC
21.3 keys
11.9 keys
2 MAY 2026 · 12:33 UTC
19.5 keys
13.7 keys
17 MAY 2026 · 20:33 UTC
20.1 keys
14.2 keys
24 MAY 2026 · 04:30 UTC
20.0 keys
14.1 keys
23 JUN 2026 · 23:13 UTC
12.7 keys
11.0 keys
5 JUL 2026 · 23:12 UTC
10.9 keys
9.48 keys
16 JUL 2026 · 02:43 UTC
12.5 keys
10.8 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 00:24 UTC
14.1 keys
12.3 keys
11 AUG 2026 · 01:12 UTC
14.9 keys
13.0 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 20:09 UTC
15.0 keys
13.0 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 20:08 UTC
15.0 keys
13.1 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 08:08 UTC
15.1 keys
13.1 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 10:08 UTC
15.0 keys
13.1 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 12:08 UTC
15.1 keys
13.1 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 00:08 UTC
15.1 keys
13.1 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC
15.1 keys
13.1 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC
15.1 keys
13.1 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 12:07 UTC
15.2 keys
13.2 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 14:09 UTC
15.1 keys
13.2 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 14:10 UTC
15.2 keys
13.2 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 04:09 UTC
15.0 keys
13.1 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 04:09 UTC
15.0 keys
13.0 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 16:08 UTC
15.0 keys
13.0 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 04:08 UTC
14.8 keys
12.9 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 04:08 UTC
14.9 keys
12.9 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 16:08 UTC
14.8 keys
12.9 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 16:08 UTC
15.0 keys
13.1 keys
Price history in numbers
65 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Orbiting Fire Deep Cover Operator's sell price ranged from 14.8 keys to 15.3 keys and is up 0.4% after 30 moves. Over a year it ranged from 10.9 keys to 30.1 keys (down 26.1%). Today's 15.0 keys sits in the lower third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 10.9 keys (5 Jul 2026) and the highest 30.1 keys (5 Dec 2025). The price has moved 63 times since we began recording it — about once every 5 days.